In this revisionary study Will Tattersdill argues against the reductive ''two cultures'' model of intellectual discourse by exploring the cultural interactions between literature and science embodied in late nineteenth-century periodical literature tracing the emergence of the new genre that would become known as ''science fiction''. He examines a range of fictional and non-fictional fin-de-sicle writing around distinct scientific themes: Martian communication future prediction X-rays and polar exploration. Every chapter explores a major work of H. G. Wells but also presents a wealth of exciting new material drawn from a variety of late Victorian periodicals. Arguing that the publications in which they appeared as well as the stories themselves played a crucial part in the development of science fiction Tattersdill uses the form of the general interest magazine as a way of understanding the relationship between the arts and the sciences and the creation of a new literary genre.
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